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Dynamic Modeling (Modeling Dynamic Systems) 4 reviews
Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
Springer, 2001
Stimualting book for those interested in System Dynamics
+ learning to use STELLA on different problems
+ Dynamic Modeling, Second Edition
+ Great blend of concept and practice
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Business Process Change: A Manager's Guide to Improving, Redesigning, and Automating Processes (The Morgan ... 16 reviews
Paul Harmon
Morgan Kaufmann, 2002
Business Process Change
+ Good seller.
+ Very good book from Paul Harmon
This book was recommended by several of my lean consulting friends, who specialize in agile project management, as an excellent source for documenting and analyzing process workflows in complex environments. I agree, this book is a must read for people tasked with redesigning informational ...
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Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design2 reviews
Manuel Laguna, Johan Marklund
Prentice Hall, 2004
Better optimization tools available with other simulation software
+ The book for all BPM Consultants / Analysts
Book is well done in terms of business process material; however the tools chosen to simulate the design of new and modified processes are sub par based on their limited ability to optimize the performance of the new processes. Other simulation software tools exist that provide the designers and ...
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Dynamic Modeling for Business Management: An Introduction (Modeling Dynamic Systems) 4 reviews
Bernard McGarvey, Bruce Hannon
Springer, 2004
Good Book and Can Easily Be Put into Practice...
+ Great Book on Business Systems and Simulation
+ Excellent text for applies dynamic modeling
I read this after Sterman's 'Business Dynamics'. While 'Business Dynamics' is a graduate level text book, this book is more aligned to the requirements of practitioners like consultants and managers. MDS have a series of books on use of dynamic modeling, each focusing on a specific area like ...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road28 reviews
Jamie Flinchbaugh, Andy Carlino
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2005
I needed this twelve months ago...
+ Book about thinking, not the tools of lean.
+ The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road
+ Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean - great read
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PSA: Professional Services Automation: Optimizing Project and Service Oriented Organizations11 reviews
Rudolf Melik, Ludwig Melik, ...
Wiley, 2002
Optimized and Specialized ERP for White Collar PSORGs
+ Thorough, informative and practical - this book is GREAT
+ A consultant's perspective from the UK
+ ERP: The Future Is Now
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The Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping for Administrative and Office Processes8 reviews
Beau Keyte, Drew Locher
Productivity Press, 2004
Lean Administration
+ Lean enterprise
+ Good introduction to VSM for office operation
+ Office Value Stream Maps
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The Lean Manufacturing Pocket Handbook15 reviews
Kenneth W. Dailey
DW Publishing, 2003
Handy Reference, Perfect for Training Seminar
+ Want to improve your manufacturing processes and obtain excellent results? ¿Quiere mejorar sus procesos de manufactura?
+ The Lean Manufacturing Handbook
If I had to give a 1-2 day seminar on the subject, this would be a handy handbook. For that purpose, it should be used, not as a general reference on lean manufacturing.
If this review was helpful, please add your vote. Thanks.
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Office Kaizen: Transforming Office Operations into a Strategic Competitive Advantage12 reviews
William Lareau
ASQ Quality Press, 2002
Fills a serious Gap
+ Excellent Practical step by step guide, with clear, real world applicability
+ Creating a Lean "Office" Culture
+ Identify that waste
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Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated50 reviews
James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, ...
Free Press, 2003
Very readable look at "Lean Thinking"
+ Lean principles & theory... this is not a guide or handbook
+ Becoming Lean and Mean!
+ A classic, must read
+ Eye-opening!
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Strategic Navigation: A Systems Approach to Business Strategy4 reviews
H. William Dettmer
ASQ Quality Press, 2003
Deliberate Yet Flexible Strategic Design
+ A great reference but BEWARE!
+ Dettmer combines Boyd and Goldratt to form a Huge Hit
I am a second-year MBA at the University of California who also holds a Ph.D. in engineering (systems theory). Prior to attending business school, I held roles as information solution architect and project manager at a Fortune 20 firm. I thought "Strategic Navigation" was fabulous -- easy to read, ...
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Better Thinking, Better Results6 reviews
Bob Emiliani
The CLBM, LLC, 2003
An absolute must read for the lean manager!!
+ A Manual for Lean Leadership
+ A great story of lean transformation with a sad lesson
+ The Wiremold story making Lean History
+ Best since Lean Thinking
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The Systems Thinking Approach to Strategic Planning and Management1 review
Stephen Haines
CRC, 2000
Systematic approach
As a person who is responsible for corporate planning for my company, I found this book extremely helpful in putting ideas and thoughts into structure, and thus able to approach strategic planning and management in a more systematic manner. Planning framework designed by using this Systems Thinking ...
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Workflow Management: Models, Methods, and Systems (Cooperative Information Systems)3 reviews
Wil van der Aalst, Kees van Hee
The MIT Press, 2004
Workflow design with a twist
+ Excellent Book
+ Workflows, explained simply and clearly!
This book has significantly changed my thinking about and approach to workflow management. Prior to reading it I based workflow systems on process chains based on frameworks such as entry-task-validation-exit (ETVX) or plan-do-check-act (PDCA). While process chains are a valid approach, the only ...
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Instant Systems (Instant Success) 12 reviews
Bradley J Sugars, Brad Sugars
McGraw-Hill, 2005
The Next Business Book You Must Read
+ Instant Systems (Instant Success)
Instant Systems takes the business owner through the 9 steps necessary to systemize ANY business. Each step is methodically explained and follows a logical sequence. I have put the ideas to use in my own business and now I understand that I am destined to repeat every task until I write it down. ...
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The Manager's Pocket Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning7 reviews
Stephen G. Haines
HRD Press, 1999
Great Book
+ This pocket guide is a great fit for today's "time crunching" managers.
This book presents the elements of systems thinking in a clear and simple way.
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Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World with CD-ROM24 reviews
John Sterman, John D. Sterman
McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2000
great work
+ Excelent book
+ System Dynamics brought to real life
+ Excellent
+ buen libro
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The Lean Office Pocket Guide25 reviews
Don Tapping
MCS Media, Inc., 2006
Proves Lean in the Office Works
+ Suprisingly Good for Office
+ Good, Basic Content for Office Processes
+ Don't Go Lean Without this Great Lean Office Book
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Principles of the Business Rule Approach (Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series)5 reviews
Ronald G. Ross
Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003
A primary resource from one of the industry experts
+ Business Rule Approach Review
+ An introduction to business rules as a way to think about business
+ Best Frist Book on Business Rules
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Business Process Mapping: Improving Customer Satisfaction3 reviews
J. Mike Jacka, Paulette J. Keller
Wiley, 2001
Provides step by step guidance
+ Precise Methods for Gathering Process Data
I have been looking for an effective analytical tool that would help me make get a good understanding of my company's business processes. This book hit the mark by providing me with step by step guidance. Especially helpful was the expense payment process example as well as the hints it provides ...
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